“Oh, they followed us up and came into the room and Miss Eleanore fainted away.”
“And the other one,—Miss Mary, I believe they call her?”
“I don’t remember anything about her; I was so busy fetching water to restore Miss Eleanore, I didn’t notice.”
“Well, how long was it before Mr. Leavenworth was carried into the next room?”
“Almost immediate, as soon as Miss Eleanore recovered, and that was as soon as ever the water touched her lips.”
“Who proposed that the body should be carried from the spot?”
“She, sir. As soon as ever she stood up she went over to it and looked at it and shuddered, and then calling Mr. Harwell and me, bade us carry him in and lay him on the bed and go for the doctor, which we did.”
“Wait a moment; did she go with you when you went into the other room?”
“No, sir.”
“What did she do?”